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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 05, 2025 12:50 pm
Sticking with the back 5 then!

You'd imagine so. Tuanzebe central with Esteve and Laurent either side

Also possible that it's a 3 man midfield of Laurent, Florentine and Cullen. Tuanzebe and Esteve could be a central back 2

But I'd be surprised away from home

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Reading that report about the last match at Villa Park is demoralising Already had 2 or 3 of these decisions this season And I'm expecting more today We can beat Villa But I've no doubt there will be people trying to stop that Oh. And I've just seen who the ref is. I wouldn't trust him to make me a ...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 7r822yywzo

KDH not happy. And rightly so. But might get him in more trouble, sadly

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expoultryboy wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 29, 2025 9:50 pm
How is that a foul and a booking for winning the ball ? Refs are ruining the game .

That decision was absolutely inexcusable

I can forgive refs making genuine mistakes. But that's just a complete inability to understand basic football

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Foster got sent off v Forest 2 seasons ago, for the exact same elbow that Mykolenko just got a yellow for

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Just back at the hotel after their final Wembley gig. It really was worth the wait. Also a teaser dropped for Knebworth 2026

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I cant remember that last time we signed so many players in one window that so obviously and directly improved the starting XI This season: Walker, Hartman, Ugochukwu, Florentino, Tchaouna. Arguably Dubravka And maybe Tuanzebe and Broja when fit When did this last happen? 2 years ago I'll give you B...

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Conroysleftfoot wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 21, 2025 3:28 pm
Isn't that another straight red for Hulme of Sunderland.

Did he even get booked?? Some awful refereeing in this game. Mings got absolutely clattered a while back. Gave Sunderland a throw in. Konsa won a fair header yards in front of the ref. Gave Sunderland a free kick. Absolutely useless

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Nothing less than Sunderland deserve given that atrocious foul from Hume moments before. Awful challenge. Worse than many reds

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I can't see villa remaining so poor for too long so I think I'm hoping for a villa win. But they've been absolutely dire in the final third

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Ronaldo Mk 1

Were it not for his health issues/injuries, he'd be talked up alongside the greatest of all time in any position

On his day (which was pretty much every week he played for about 4 years), he was untouchable

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TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 15, 2025 7:53 am
It's as bad as people who say Tannoy when they mean "public address system". Tannoy is a brand name.

Wikipedia article says it can be used generically

Like Jacuzzi, Biro, Hoover, Chapstick, Dictaphone, AstroTurf, Frisbee, Fibreglass.....

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Agree. He lost the plot a bit. A Watford fan told me his post match interviews at the end reminded him of his time there. Blaming anyone and everyone, but taking no personal responsibility

Still. Selles had to go. An absolute shambles yesterday

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I'd want a red if that was a tackle on one of ours in 2025, fine attempt to win the ball in 1986 https://x.com/TurfCastPodcast/status/1966858714939617555 100% a yellow But I can't see that as a red in a million years That's not frustration boiling over That's not an attempt to injure another player...

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:53 pm
The line is drawn on line with the front of Foster's arm at a point in line with the bottom of his armpit

The red line is where they have drawn the line
The blue line is his armpit

They aren't even close

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Whether or not the presentation of the graphic is correct, it still clearly shows that no part of the defender’s body that is considered in offside decisions is playing Foster onside, therefore he’s offside. I don't understand that logic at all If the line had been drawn 30 yards in front of Foster...

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That updated graphic just confirms what everyone (except Rileybobs) has been saying For the purposes of determining offside, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit. The updated graphic doesn't show the the line being drawn through this part of the defender either. The...

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Simplest way to say is if any part of the attacking player is in line with the defending player, then he’s onside So if the attackers back foot is in line with the defending front foot then onside But this just swaps one problem for another. You then sometimes have to mark the back of one player. A...

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daylight is an absolute. you can either see it or you can't. but i'll settle for clear daylight. Offside is an absolute too It's just not that easy to measure objectively So how do you definitively say there is daylight or not? You'd need the camera angle to be at exactly the right place at the rig...

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that won't simplify it. a millimeter is still a millimeter even on a football boot. daylight is the answer because it's either there or it isn't. imagine var taking 8 seconds rather than 8 minutes. Daylight doesn't solve it either What if you're not sure if it's 0.00000001mm of daylight or less And...

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It's possible that Foster's knee is where the line is taken, but it's just not very obvious in the graphic

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Simps wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 30, 2025 4:26 pm
Offsides are automated now, he’s literally a toe offside

But they still need to check it. The line didn't look to be placed correctly on the arm

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munkyennui wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 30, 2025 3:28 pm
Wasn't a free kick.

100% wasn't a free kick

Baffling decision

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Which will end first?

Chelsea v Fulham or mankind

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Lisbonclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:49 am
He collects yellows for fun.

About one every 6 games
But most in a league campaign is 8

So suggests he's not that prolific at picking up yellow cards

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nig1954 wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:12 am
I can’t recall us being connected before with players of this calibre and I’ve been following the club for over 60 years

Didn't we try and sign Mikautadze 2 years ago?

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Milltown1882 wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 28, 2025 11:06 pm
We have one loan slot available

Who else do we have on loan?

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All depends on how the game goes. They have created chances against Arsenal and Fulham. If they take one, pressure is off, and we will find it very difficult to get back into it. But if they aren't ahead at half time then I can see it turning very toxic, similar to that win away at WHU a few years ago

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Foshiznik wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 10:18 am
So did Jeremie Aliadiere and David May.

I dont think Aliadiere won FA Cup
And I don't think May won EFL cup

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I would think a good third of our regulars travel considerable distances, at great expense I'd be intrigued to know the distances our regulars travel I certainly don't think I'm in the overwhelming minority, and I suspect many others travel much further than me I meet clarets all around the country...

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I would say in a premier league that had them as members they would be way bigger than the following Everyone other than utd, liverpool, arsenal. If they were in the prem they would have to build new stadiums to accomodate the demand. If we were in scotland we would be the 3rd biggest club behind t...

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MeeActon1 wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 26, 2025 10:16 pm
Football is just a guessing game for him.

He's an absolute guesser. That incident down in the corner away at Preston was a perfect example of it. He had no idea what happened. So just gave Preston a free kick

Completely incapable of being a referee at any level

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Just occurred to me that 90 minutes tonight feels impossible for Sonne to be in a back 5 on Saturday, given how Scott is managing the minutes. So that could be a 4. He didn't play much v Sunderland so I don't think playing 90 minutes tonight is an issue. But I agree I think he'll be on the bench on...

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I get it with the player ratings, but why is the MotM vote limited to time played? Say someone had come on with 10 minutes left, we are 2-0 down, and then he scores one and sets up another. Then scores a winning pen in the shootout. His contribution would have been undoubtedly worthy of MotM, but he...

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This is the Tresorection.....

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Heck of a 2nd XI

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As you say, what proportion of the time so they ensure that they are stopping players from dictating the rules themselves. Hardly ever. Sometimes they get away with it, and people think they have authority because they don't dish out yellow cards everywhere and the players decide not to have a brawl...

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I absolutely agree with all of that Rowls (apart from the small bit about blowing as soon as its a foul - I'd happily give the refs a few seconds, 3 or 4 fine, to think about the big decisions where a goal is possibly imminent)

9/25 is quite a generous score

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Should Burnley build a new stadium?
No

And sell the naming rights?
No

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Would you bring Edwards on when you’re 1-0 up with 10 mins to go ? That’s the question you need to ask . Instinctively it sounds like a bad idea. But it does give the opposition a completely different problem to deal with. One issue with defending a lead late on is that you invite pressure. And lat...

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I think it will be 5 at the back still with JBL as RBW. Hope not but I think that’s the way he will go He played there against Lazio. Also Josh Laurent ended up as a RCB against Lazio. So it looks like the "5 at the back" thing is a full time goer But as people say, I don't think it's a rigid 5. Wa...

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Trafford starts as Ederson returns to the bench

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If it’s possible to be world class at a very specific part of the game, Scott Twine is a world class free kick taker. I'd like to know the stats for us. But he definitely scored one and hit the post with another. I'd be surprised if he took more than 5. Heck of a record. I cant be certain, but I wa...

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Precisely this. From what VAR official said ~ (Anthony) wasn't going to get to it / not in posession of the football, they're basically inferring that it's ok to run and push players over no matter where on the pitch. It's nothing to do with whether he has the ball or not. Not for the first time, V...

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equinox wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 20, 2025 5:46 pm
The Anthony incident should have been a penalty and a sending off.

Why a sending off?

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I think the Tarkowski one is really interesting and I'm not sure I know what is right and wrong yet It looks like he moves his arm towards the ball, but then moves his body towards it and pulls his arm behind his body. It definitely hits his arm, and he knows that. But when it strikes his arm, it is...

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Anywhere else on the pitch it’s a foul.Maybe we should instruct our defenders to barge people in the back off the ball because apparently it’s not a foul if they’re nowhere near the ball. Exactly. If you're asking for the Anthony foul to not be a penalty, then this is precisely what you are asking ...

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Bow wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 18, 2025 8:56 pm
Do you think people got worked up when Shakespeare started making up words left and right.

How did people know which way to turn before Shakespeare?

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claret wizard wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 18, 2025 2:28 pm
Osmajic should have been banned from every stadium in the UK?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyvdp2n205o

Osmajic hasn't been arrested

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equinox wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:22 pm
Honestly and I've never been more certain about anything, ever: Anthony IS NOT a Premier League wing back.

Would you start Anthony?

Many think he is fully deserving of his place, but you seem to have an anti-Anthony agenda

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